Becoming a suburban server, and remaining in the same geographical area had come to fruition. After taking time off to collect his thoughts and mourn the loss of his father, he arrived at the new hotel pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the lobby. The interior reminded him of the hotel in the Mountain City, as it displayed an open atrium with beautiful plantings spread throughout. The lobby itself contained an open-air restaurant, an enclosed fine dining restaurant, and an elevated lobby bar. The overall layout, somewhat smaller than the Mountain City hotel, appeared well appointed and showed nicely. This would be the first time Japes accepted a position through a “headhunter”, as recruiters were notorious for simply filling slots and …show more content…
Japes inherited some departments that were in total disarray. The health-club, essentially just a pool, managed by two physical education students who showed up and left whenever they felt like it, not only left the hotel exposed to major liability, it broke all local regulations. Tidy, a man who had never before worked in a hotel, managed the maintenance department, logging a mere thirty hours per week and never coming in on the weekends. His staff followed in his footsteps and pretty much did whatever they felt like. The housekeeping manager, Pillows, a thirty-year veteran, knew what to do, but personified a career Kiva. The guest rooms would only be cleaned to the proper standard when pressure was applied to her and her staff. The front office, the central hub of the hotel, employed no manager. The company believed that this area should be run with three supervisors, and they would equally share the responsibilities of the department. An organizational calamity, which for the next fifteen years, Japes gladly defended. He would organize it the way he wanted and let the cards fall where they may.
Duffer, a strange dude, although knowledgeable about the business he did not implement any changes to the hotel. Japes, early on, realized that Duffer would not stay for any length of time; he acted like a typical hotelier moving every two or three years.
Soon after they quickly became the town favorites (Jody for his business and ability to manipulate with words, and Janie for her beauty), then Jody builds a store in the center of the town and becomes the major too. Since Jody has become the major Janie has to follow his rules that has been set for her. The first is to silence her when she wants to speak her mind; he has a very specific point of what a woman’s proper place is. The second is his conception of what is the way proper for a mayor’s wife; he will not let her associate with the townspeople or attend social events. The third is his obsession with binding up her hair in public so that it will not be seen by
All of us have formed habits in our daily life. Even though some of these habits only exist in our subconscious and we cannot actually make sure whether they are real or only the conjectures. But it is undoubted that all of our behaviors are influenced by our desires on specific objectives. In the book, the power of habit, Charles Duhigg explained the definition of a habit as an effort-saving instinct. “When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making” (20). To support his opinions on habits, he introduced the three-step model of a habit loop, the theory of golden rule of habit, and the role of a craving brain and belief in the process of a habit changing. Through learning
Writing has many tools and devices that can be used to influence the purpose and meaning of the a piece of work. In the two pieces of work, "Private License Plate Scanners Amassing Vast Databases Open to Highest Bidders-which is written in a way that it is anti-license plate tracking- and "Who Has the Right to Track You?'-which is written to be for license plate tracking- many different tools and devices are used by the authors. These pieces of work describe the benefits and drawbacks of collecting data and tracking fellow citizens, but use different forms of pathos, ethos, and logos to portray what they are trying to say. Also, both articles state how many are opposed to this tracking, arguing that it is against the First Amendment,
The aspects of his job that Mr. Glaser likes is meeting people from all over the world, working to make the inn a success, helping all his guests enjoy their visit, providing his guests with excellent accommodations and services, fulfilling special requests such as assisting a groom with his marriage proposal arrangement, or setting up champagne and flowers in a room for honeymooning couples, living in Key West.
He was a young Bull with a great sense of humor. He was full of energy and managed a difficult property. Because the organization was so new and limited in its resources they had a plethora of structural problems. Japes’, in fact, was the first Rooms Executive that the company had ever hired. Shorty and his assistant were the two executives that managed this three hundred and seventy five room property. Each of the department managers had a large number of assistants and supervisors to carry out the daily activities. Shorty and his assistant had to supervise over thirty managers in an extremely busy hotel. It was insane to think it could work effectively. Shorty was exceptional considering how many servers he had to work with. It was impossible with this set up to build any real rapport and to build a team. It was all business and politics as there was no time for anything else. After settling in, Japes was told he had to work six days a week. He was told this after he had moved from his prior hotel and into the new world. Not only did he have to work six days he was in charge of the hotel from 8 AM until 6 PM every
Jaffrey Concoost is just starting to build a life in the city when an unlikely event takes place, he and the rest of the employees gets to be part of an act of crime.
I was walking through the densely populated streets of Rio with Bobby and I feel the moist skin of the people walking by. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was a very polluted area which causes the place to smell and be very hazy. The streets smelled bad like rotting bodies, although it smelled bad everyday I was one of the effects of the place being so contaminated. The sun was beating down at Bobby and I as we where was walking towards my favorite shop that sold the best ice cream on the planet. It was quite a far walk to the shop, but it was well worth it. I had finished the day with a lot of valuables today that I was probably going to sell to a few people I knew that bought a lot of the valuables I stole for a decent amount of money. It wasn't
What are the common objections to the traditional understanding of Christology, and how do you respond to them?
With a sigh, I absent-mindedly look down at the piece of steel that’s still pressed against my skin. Jungkook’s gaze follows mine, and he hurriedly takes my hand, and therefore the paper clip, off my arm, and then stops, his eyes not leaving the thin extremity. I look up at him, and watch the horror and distress that runs across his face. He’s shaking and staring at the seared flesh that the burning paper clip’s kiss left behind. I look down to stare at it too. I left it on for longer than usual.
It had been two months since the 45th President of the Unites States, Jeff Bush had been elected into office. It had also been two months since Jeff had learned the horrors that lay unseen to the average citizen. Many activist groups were attempting a coup d’état and stage a revolution. This was troublesome for the government as they wanted to maintain a position of power and ensure that these groups did not gain control in fear of disrupting the peace that has lasted for years. These individual uprisings stretched the government to its limit trying to keep the knowledge from the public.
After several meetings and discussions with Tidy, Japes realized that it was a lost cause. He respected Tidy for his knowledge. Tidy, however, was not going to change his schedule for anyone whether it was in the best interest of the hotel or not. Fortunately, Japes was able to recruit a new engineer who worked in hotels for a number of years. This transition was made in a civil manner. Tidy, resigned his position and pursued a more conventional career. The new engineer, Waldo, would turn out to be quite a character. He was an outgoing server, which was somewhat unusual for that position. He came with good recommendations and a working knowledge of all the trades. He was not a leader, but a glorified supervisor. He was trying to become a Brown Nose server, but Japes informed him that this would get him nowhere. His round jolly face would pop up all over the hotel as he got his staff to actually do some work. This area of the hotel would be a work in progress, but Japes wanted to see what Waldo could do.
“Yes, mom! I will eat my food, stop worrying. If you really were concerned then you and dad wouldn’t have left me to go an ‘important’ business meeting.” Aliya argued while tightly embracing a pillow. “I mean what was the point of even going, you guys are probably not even going to make it to the hotel. Have you seen the weather? This storm is so bad that I can even see the trees being dragged around by the wind. Fine, I’ll stop, but just come back soon. Bye mom, love you!” And with that loneliness consumes Aliya as she felt trapped between the four walls of her gigantic house. Unpleasant thoughts flood her mind as she makes her way towards her television, hoping for a channel to distract her mind. As the screen of her TV lights up, she is